Can Design Save Democracy?

From the New York Times: How Design Can Save Democracy
…recently, the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law issued a report outlining the importance of well-designed, easy to understand ballots.
Duh. And, I guess we’re giving up on electronic voting.

I Hope You’re All Voting Today

Okay, even if this Diesel Sweeties cartoon is a little disheartening, please vote. The fact is, vote suppression is probably more likely than vote fraud.
A tip of the hat to Lichen for alerting me to this, and for making the point that our users’ notions of “authority” are among the fastest changing features of our [...]

Midterms

Mentioned earlier, but worth mentioning again: TrueMajorityACTION’s Take It Back campaign. Among the videos and political graffiti of the moment, don’t miss Freedom, Beat Box Bush, and Hijacking Catastrophe.
And as funny as the Brazillion Joke is, we need a government that doesn’t lie, a government that’s smart, a government that cares for its people, its [...]

Political Graffiti

found by lorelei in Copenhagen.

discovered by Kieran’sPhoto’s’ in Cork.
bush, election, george bush, george w bush, iraq, midterm, midterms, politics, vote, voting, w, war

Freedom (Video)

Karen forwarded mgarthoff’s Freedom, tagged: bush war election midterm iraq katrina on YouTube.
Freedom, bush, election, freedom, george bush, george w bush, iraq, katrina, mgarthoff, midterm, midterms, politics, video, vote, voting, w, war

What Makes Ohio Red

It’s a story that won’t die, and yet it can’t get any attention. Since November 3rd, reasonable people have been wondering what happened. On election night, exit polls predicted a 5 million vote win for Kerry, but the official election results declared Bush the winner by 3 million votes. We’re all suspicious of polls, but [...]